Hey fellas.

Glad you all missed me.

I didn't end up going to Japan, I got fired... well nearly. My ex-boss had hired another girl that could do what I did and was better at saying yes to everything he said. I was getting very little working coming my way -hence extreme levels of EA posting- and bored as hell. Then all of a sudden I was pulled into a meeting with him and the personnel guy and he dumps stack of papers in front of me with internet usage and screen-shots, many from here, and therefore "controversial". He told me there would be an investigation into my "conduct" and told me to leave the office an come back the following Wednesday for a disciplinary meeting. I knew the fucker was going to go for a "gross misconduct" angle and fire me so I decided to bitchslap him before he could do jack. I drafted a resignation letter that threatened a "Constructive Dismissal" -that's when you resign because your boss is a cunt and sue in an employment court.- In the letter I mentioned among other things all the lying I was asked to do in the company profiles I had been working on, faking financial figures and attaching other companies photos to work we claimed to have do... it was a long list of shit. When I went back for the meeting when he put his hand out to a shake I put the letter in his hand and said "I resign", I went on a rant about how this was a disciplinary meeting but I refused to say anything apart from "please read the letter". As he read it his face went white and kept trying to bring up the internet stuff, I told him to read the letter. Here in the UK employers cannot read any personal emails, they can monitor usage etc. but reading personal communications is a massive no-no and in the screenshots he gave me there were pages of my gmails to friends, so he was totally fucked. I made it clear in the letter that I would bring in a government Communication Commissioner if he mentioned my internet usage again...

Anyhoo. in the end instead of getting fired I got £3000/$6000 cash to go away, that, plus the £5000/$10000 I won of another employer a couple of month back means I'm a very happy unemployed bunny right now. Me and the wife have brought apartment in Camden and I got to spend the past three weeks renovated the place. Next week I think I'll visit some friends in Argentina.

So, that's me.

Fuck 'em in the eye. Good work, Sir.

im glad youre ok. mathew was asking after you.

Woah! Good call!

Loretta wrote:mathew was asking after you.

You know Matthew is Gramsci's boss, right?

Champion Rabbit wrote:

Loretta wrote:mathew was asking after you.

You know Matthew is Gramsci's boss, right?

Thinking seriously about that comment that would be funny?

Getting him to post and then sacking him for it

Loretta wrote:

Champion Rabbit wrote:

Loretta wrote:mathew was asking after you.

You know Matthew is Gramsci's boss, right?

Thinking seriously about that comment that would be funny?

Getting him to post and then sacking him for it

If I ever have staff, I'm going to do exactly that!

Heh - nicely played. Good work!

Major Miller gets promoted, you get 6 large...

The EA is working wonders for people!

Welcome back!!

But wait... this means the Japan trip is off?!?! Or postponed until the summer?!?!!?!?!? I hope?!?!!

To quote hicks.

Jack Palance in the movie Shane, throwing the pistol at the sheepherder's feet.
'Pick it up.'
'I don't wanna pick it up, Mister, you'll shoot me.'
'Pick up the gun.'
'Mister, I don't want no trouble. I just came downtown here to get some hard rock candy for my kids, some gingham for my wife. I don't even know what gingham is, but she goes through about ten rolls a week of that stuff. I ain't looking for no trouble, Mister.'
'Pick up the gun.'
(He picks it up. Three shots ring out.)
'You all saw him - he had a gun.'